Vast empty spaces – public ‘rooms’ – are carved out of the volumes of the blocks and designated for public programmes. This spaces are either covered – designed as covered open-air playgrounds or open – as roof gardens oriented towards the sun.

The apartments, arranged around the central communication core are of a standard typology, but their individuality is expressed with colourful balconies, inserted into the apartment plans. The balconies appear in different positions on the facade and work as accents which give the whole settlement a dynamic character.

The section of the block is also readable on the facade. The stacking fields of ondulated cement facade panels mark the apartments while the smooth horizontal belts mark the floor plates. The choice and appearance of facade materials follows the industrial character of the surroundings.

Section

• Architects

  Bevk Perovic arhitekti

• Location

  Maribor, Slovenia

• Category

  Social Housing

• Project Team

  Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perovic, Jernej Bevk, Spela Jerin, Andrej Mercina, Mitja Zorc, Sanja Skrinjar

• Client

  Housing Fund Maribor and Housing Fund of Slovenia

• Program

  130 social and non-profit units

• Project Year

  2007

• Photographs

  Miran Kambic